Located in Michigan City, Indiana, Aperion Care Arbors Michigan City is one of just two nursing homes in the area. We gave this nursing home a bottom of the barrel overall score based on the data we looked at. This nursing home does not seem to have much going for it. We would not blame you if you're ready to stop reading and find another facility. However, if you want to learn more about this nursing home's category grades, short-term care grades are discussed in the next section.
Aperion Care Arbors Michigan City
Updated May 1, 2022 by Nick Lata
1101 E Coolspring Ave,
Michigan City IN 46360
66.61% estimated occupancy 1
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Short-term Care Quality
Neither this nursing home's overall score nor its category grades gave us much to write home about. Its best area was short-term care, but even there it received a D. This is still a poor score. In the area of short-term care, we try to qualify indicators of a nursing home's rehabilitation. We analyze a facility's skilled nursing services, including the ones performed by registered nurses and physical, occupational and other therapists. Based on its poor rating in this category, we were not shocked to discover this facility offered significantly fewer physical therapist and registered nurse hours per resident than most other facilities. Lastly, we considered the percentage of residents that were able to return home from this facility. We found that it performed better in this area, with 53.2 percent of its residents returning home.
Facility Inspections
Among this nursing home's alarming category grades was an F for its inspection score. Generally, this means we found some major red flags on its government inspection reports. With nursing homes that received this bad of an inspection score, we would scrutinize the severe deficiencies on its inspection report. This particular nursing home was hit with 12 deficiencies on its inspection report. The only favorable thing we can say is that none of these deficiencies were in the categories that indicate they caused a risk to resident safety or health. Finally, we also need to point out that this place was assessed significant government fines recently in excess of $50,000. This usually indicates that CMS inspectors became frustrated after multiple years of failed inspections.
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Nurse Quality
In addition, we gave this facility an F in the area of nursing care. When calculating a nursing home's nursing grade, we weigh the quantity of hours nurses are seeing patients and the levels of training of those nurses. With only 2.6 hours of nursing care per patient each day, this facility's nurse staffing levels were well below average. This facility also had terrible marks in some of the quality-based measures to pair with its low nursing hours. For starters, we looked at the percentage of patients sustaining pressure ulcers. This nursing home was at more than twice the national average in this datapoint. This is quite alarming when you consider that so many pressure ulcers are believed to be preventable with better nursing care. This ended up sealing the nursing home's fate of earning a weak nursing grade.
Long-term Care Quality
The next category we assessed is long-term care. Sadly, it received a lowly F for this category, which is a rock bottom grade. Facilities that do not fare well in long-term care often don't provide as much nursing care and also may be lagging in a few of the areas of routine medical care we assessed. After looking at the volume of care provided by aids and other staff, we turned to the nursing home's vaccination statistics. We were somewhat surprised to discover that this facility vaccinated only 87.23404 percent of its patients against pneumonia. Surprisingly, this nursing home was actually decent at keeping its residents out of the hospital. In fact, it had just 1.15 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days. This was its best score in this category.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Aperion Care Arbors Michigan City Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Aperion Care Arbors Michigan City, 7.63% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This statistic indicates the percent of long-term residents who have new or worsened pressure ulcers . We consider this statistic when determining our nursing grades.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Aperion Care Arbors Michigan City, 3.9% of Patients had Serious Falls
This datapoint gauges the percentage of long-term care patients which have experienced falls which resulted in serious injury. Falls can happen for a variety of reasons, but excessive numbers of falls could be a sign of lower quality nursing care.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Aperion Care Arbors Michigan City, 1.95% of Patients had UTIs
This tells you the percent of residents that suffered from a urinary tract infection. Urinary tract infections are considered by many in the nursing home industry to be a measure of the quality of nursing care . UTI's are routinely associated with poor nursing care. Nevertheless, this statistic may be misleading for certain nursing homes due to varying reporting standards for infections.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Aperion Care Arbors Michigan City, 13.18% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This datapoint is an indication of the percent of long-term residents who were given antipsychotic medication. High levels of antipsychotic drug use may mean that a nursing home is using these medications to subdue residents in scenarios where such drugs aren't medically required. However, some nursing homes may need to rely on these medications due to an increased number of patients with Alzheimer's or other dementias.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Aperion Care Arbors Michigan City, 21.53% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care residents who are prescribed antianxiety medication. These drugs are generally prescribed to patients suffering from depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Aperion Care Arbors Michigan City, 12.55% of Patients
This indicates the percentage of patients exhibiting depressive symptoms. High rates of depression could be an indicator worse patient care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Aperion Care Arbors Michigan City, 91.52% of Patients
This is the percentage of patients who were administered the flu and pneumonia vaccines. High vaccination rates should be demanded by residents.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Aperion Care Arbors Michigan City, 16.15% Percentage of Patients
This tells you the percent of patients who needed additional assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of dependence on staff for assistance with activities of daily living could be a sign of the erosion of a patient's medical condition.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Aperion Care Arbors Michigan City, 17.47% Percentage of Residents
This datapoint is a measure of the percentage of long-term care residents who were able to retain mobility.
Hospitalizations
In Aperion Care Arbors Michigan City, 1.36 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This indicates the number of times residents are hospitalized per 1,000 days of patient care.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Aperion Care Arbors Michigan City, 17.47 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This metric tracks the number of times residents are rehospitalized per thousand days of short-term care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Aperion Care Arbors Michigan City, 11.18 Percentage of Patients
This metric tracks the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per 1,000 days of short-term patient care.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Aperion Care Arbors Michigan City, 73.66% Percentage of Resident
This datapoint is a measure of the percent of short-term stay patients that saw functional improvements.
Nearby Hospitals
- La Porte HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 9.87 miles away1007 Lincolnway La Porte Indiana 46350Voluntary non-profit - Private(219) 326-1234
- Porter Regional HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 13.44 miles away85 East Us Hwy 6 Valparaiso Indiana 46383Proprietary(219) 983-8300
Nearby Dialysis
- Davita - Michigan City2.15 miles away9836 W. 400 N. Michigan City Indiana 46360CMS Rating: 3 stars Dialysis Stations: 15 (219) 878-1989
- Usrc Michigan City Dialysis2.26 miles away3727 N Frontage Road Michigan City Indiana 46360Dialysis Stations: 13 (219) 879-9450
- Dsi - Dialysis - La Porte10.81 miles away103 West 18th Street La Porte Indiana 46350Dialysis Stations: 13 (219) 326-6362
- Davita La Porte Dialysis10.82 miles away1406 East Lincolnway Suite A La Porte Indiana 46350Dialysis Stations: 12 (219) 324-3080
- Dsi - Coffee Creek Dialysis11.23 miles away3100 Village Point, Suite 101 Chesterton Indiana 46304Dialysis Stations: 19 (219) 395-8020
- Davita - Chesterton11.5 miles away711 Plaza Drive, Suite 6 Chesterton Indiana 46304Dialysis Stations: 12 (219) 926-6049
- Fmc - Nephrology - La Porte11.64 miles away2910 Monroe St La Porte Indiana 46350Dialysis Stations: 12 (219) 324-0944
- Valparaiso Dialysis17.97 miles away2711 Leonard Drive Suite 100 Valparaiso Indiana 46383Dialysis Stations: 12 (219) 462-1233